Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Willful neglect, as of duty or principle.
- noun The act of abandoning; abandonment.
- noun A state of abandonment or neglect.
- noun A gaining of land by the permanent recession of the water line.
- noun The land so gained.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of leaving with an intention not to reclaim or resume; an utter forsaking; abandonment.
- noun The state of being forsaken or abandoned.
- noun The gaining of land from the water by a change of the water-line.
- noun The land so gained.
- noun Unfaithfulness or remissness; neglect: as, a dereliction of duty.
- noun Synonyms Desertion, relinquishment.
- noun Failure, unfaithfulness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of leaving with an intention not to reclaim or resume; an utter forsaking abandonment.
- noun A neglect or omission as if by willful abandonment.
- noun The state of being left or abandoned.
- noun (Law) A retiring of the sea, occasioning a change of high-water mark, whereby land is gained.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
willful neglect of one'sduty - noun the act of
abandoning something, or the state of beingabandoned
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun willful negligence
- noun a tendency to be negligent and uncaring
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Examples
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If this dereliction is allowed to persist, it is predictable that more Americans will die, both on foreign battlefields and at home.
Stealth Jihad by Frank Gaffney, Jr. and The American Legion « Mark12ministries’s Weblog 2010
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That right there is what they call dereliction of duty where I come from, Pardner. hoho
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- In 2006, then Microsoft Vice President Peter Moore apologized for what he called a dereliction of duty to the company's number one gaming platform: The PC.
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- In 2006, then Microsoft Vice President Peter Moore apologized for what he called a dereliction of duty to the company's number one gaming platform: The PC.
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In light of this record, Fein's assertion that Senator Kerry has committed a "constitutional dereliction" is not only wrong, but woefully unconstructive.
Frederick L. Jones II: Bruce Fein Sullies the Debate on Our Role in Afghanistan Frederick L. Jones II 2010
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In light of this record, Fein's assertion that Senator Kerry has committed a "constitutional dereliction" is not only wrong, but woefully unconstructive.
Frederick L. Jones II: Bruce Fein Sullies the Debate on Our Role in Afghanistan Frederick L. Jones II 2010
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At no point did it cross my mind that by doing this I was in dereliction of duty.
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At no point did it cross my mind that by doing this I was in dereliction of duty.
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At no point did it cross my mind that by doing this I was in dereliction of duty.
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The worst dereliction is tolerance of rave parties where illegal drugs are sold and used, and minors are sexually exploited.
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